Paper can or receptacle.



H. w. JONES. PAPER CAN 0B RBGEPTACLB. APPLICATION FILED JAN.30,1911.

11 30,825, Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

; TED STATES Pa r HARRY W. JONES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN'CAN COMPANY, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PAPER CAN 0R RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9,1915.

Application filed January 30, 1911. Serial No. 605,456.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY W. JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper Cans or Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in paper or fibrous material cans or receptacles.

The object of my invention is to provide a paper or other fibrous material can or receptacle with a .spout or pouring means, which will be of a simple construction, capable of being very cheaply manufactured, and which at the same time will be eificient in operation and not interfere with the tight closure of the can. Y

My invention consistsin the means employed to practically accomplish thisobject or result, the same consisting essentially in providing a wall of the paper or fibrous material can or receptacle, preferably the flat or top wall of its cover, with an opening and closing sheet metal pouring spout having 9. back portion and two side wings, preferably quadrant shaped, one end of the spout being secured by an integral tang to the cover or other wall of the receptacle, and the portion of the receptacle'against which the back wall of the spout fits being preferably not cut out but secured at its margins so that the same may be readilyfi uptured in the act of opening or swinging outward the hinged spout, which normally fits on the inside of the receptacle. The sheet metal opening and closing spout is further preferably provided with one or more tangs for securing it to the opening portion of the receptacle wall so that this opening portion of the receptacle wall bounded by the scores may remain permanently attached to the spout. The tang or lip at the free or non hinged end of the spout serves as a finger piece for engagement with the thumb or finger nail in opening the spout.

My invention further consists in the novel construction 'of parts and devices and in the novel combination of parts and devices hereinshown and described and more particularly specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing forminga part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of a paper or fibrous material can or receptacle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 1s a central, vertical section on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a central, vertical section on line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view, showing the hinged spout swung open. Fig. 5 is a section similar to Fig. 2, butshowing a modification in which the tang at the free or swinging end of the spout is left projecting instead of being folded over the scored portion of the receptacle wall. Fig. 6 is a plan view of a modification, in which the tangs for securing the back of the sheet metal spout to the scored or opening portion of the cover wall or receptacle are located at the side edges of the back portion of the spout instead of at the free end thereof.

In the drawing, 1 represents a paper can or receptacle, and by use of the term paper in the specification and claims, I mean any suitable fibrous material. The paper receptacle has the customary body 2, bottom head 3 and cover 4, these parts being of any suitable or well known construction. metal spout having a flat or back wall 6 and two integral side wings 7, 7, preferably quadrantnshaped. The spout is provided at one end of its bac k wall with'a lip or tang 8 which is inserted through and clenched around the wallof the receptacle to which the spout is attached, it being preferably attached to the fiat or disk portion of the cover member 4 of the receptacle. The wall of the receptacle adjacent to the hinge tang or lip 8 is preferably provided with a fine score 9 on the inner side to facilitate the turning of the portion 10 of the receptacle wall, against which the back portion of the spout member fits, without breaking. The opening portion 10 of the receptacle wall against which the back of the spout fits is bounded at its edges by scores 11, preferably formed upon the inside of the receptacle wall to adapt the same to readily sever when the spout is swung open, while at the same time not interfering with the tight closure of the receptacle prior to the opening of the spout. A further score 12 preferably extends transversely at the free or swinging end of the spout at each side of the integral tangor lip 13 with which the spout is preferably provided at its free end. This lip or integral extension 13 may be folded over the 5 is an opening and closing sheet end of the opening portion 10 of the receptacle wall, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 to secure the opening .portion 10 to the back wall of the spout. Or if preferred, the opening portion 10 of the receptacle wall may be secured to the back wall of the spout by integral tangs 14 stamped out of the back wall of the spout and folded over thesideedges of the opening portion 10 of the receptacle wall, as illustrated in Fig. 6, in which-case the lip 13 at the free end of the spout may be left projecting to afford a better finger piece. If desired also, the lip 13 may be left I projecting as indicated in Fig. and the opening portion of the receptacle wall left unsecured to the back wall 6 of the spout. V

" To limit the opening movement of the I spout its sides or wings 7, 7 are furnished with integral stop lips or projections 15, the

- same preferably extending in the'plane of the wings, as shown in Figs. '1 to 5, although the same maybe bent at an angle, if preferred, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6,

where these stops are marked 16. The inte-' gral sides or wings 7, 7 of. the hinged or opening and closing spout 5 are normally dieach other in the opening of the spout byvergent from each other from the back wall of the spout toward the outer portion 17 of these wings so that as the spout is opened, the wings, which are of tin plate or other elastic spring metal, will be forced toward the edges of the pouring opening formed by removing or forcing outward the opening portion 10 of the receptacle wall. The wings of the spout thus form a tight closure with the pouring opening in the receptacle wall when the spout is open. This action is facilitated also by having the hinge connection between the spout and the receptacle wall at the wider end of the back portion of the spout so that as the quadrant shaped win swin through the pouring opening in t e opening of the spout, the outer portion 17 of the wings will be forced together, the back portion 6 of the spout being preferably made tapering from its hinge end toward its free end as shown in Figs. 1 to 4. In m invention, however, the narrower end 0 the back portion of the spout may be the one which is hin ed to the receptacle wall, as shown in Flg. 6. Although the paper or other wall of the can to which the back 6 of the sheet metal spout 5 is pivotally tough aper, cloth or other flexible material at the in e end of the spout, and through which the inge tang 8 extends, as shown m Fig. 6 of the drawin claim .1. Apaper receptacle havin a wall thereof composed of a single thic es of material and provided with a spout-opening portion, and a sheet metal opening-andclosing pouring spout having a back member and two sidemembers, said spout having at one end an integral tang securing it by a hinge connection to said wall, the back member of the spout normally lying flat against the inner-side of the spout-opening ortion of'said wall, substantiallyas speci- 2. A paper receptacle having a wall thereof composed of a slngle thickness of material and provided with a spout-opening portion, and a sheet metal opening and closin pouring spout having a back member an two side members, said spout having at one end an integral tang securing it-by a hinge connection to said wall, said spout-opening portion of the receptacle wall having scores ance by the opening of the spout, substantially as specified.

3. A paper rece tacle having a wall material and provided with a spout-opening portion and an opening and closing spout having a back member and two side memat the edge thereof to facilitate its sever- 4. A paper receptacle having a wall therei of composed of a single thickness of mate'- rial, and provided with a spout-opening portion, and a sheet metal opening an closing pouring spout having a back member and two side members, said spout having at one end an integral tang securing it by a hinge connection to the receptacle wall, said side wing members of the spout being normally divergent and adapted to be sprung toward each other as the s out is opened by engagement with the e ges of the spout opening as the spout is swung open, and being furnished with stops at their free ends to limit the opening movement of the spout, substantially as specified. 5. The combination of a receptacle having a slit in one of its walls, with a discharge spout 'on the interior of said receptacle and 95 thereof composed o a single thickness of having a nose projecting through said slit, and means securin said spout to the interior face of said wa l of the receptacle.

6. The combination of a receptacle having a slit in one of its walls, with a sheet-metal discharge spout having integral teeth ex- (tending through the Wall of said receptacle from the interior side thereof and securing said spout on the interior face of said wall adjacent said slit, and a nose on the spout extending through said slit to the exterior of the receptacle.

7. The combination of a receptacle, a discharge spout secured within said receptacle to the interior face of one of the Walls thereof, said receptacle having means on the. ex-

discharge position.

- HARRY W. JONES. Witnesses: 1

OLIVER G. JAKOB, REN. BRECKENRIDGE. 

